Tuesday, April 21, 2009

WIP: Vulcan Clone

When I started the Skull Bashers, I wanted to go in the opposite direction of my Tyranids. I wanted tanks, good saves, templates and low AP weapons.

Six rhino chassis later, I'm working on the rest.

Vulcan really stood out in making flamers, melta and Assault Terminators extra dangerous. I was banking on the rumors of a model for him being true. The good thing is that there is a model for him coming out soon the bad thing: it's not my style. It's too busy and I don't like the idea of him throwing his spear.

So, I'm building my own model. It's the Commander chest and legs, with the Standard Bearer's pole turned into a relic blade with the help of some plasticcard and part of a hunter-killer launcher. The Gauntlet is a lighting claw with plastic tubing and plasticcard.

7 comments:

Very cool! I like the fact that he's not rockin' a helm…most of the Vulcan-clones I've seen are rocking the Mark IV helm. I like the fist…very nifty plasticard work!

My own Vulcan-clone will most likely use the Kantor-bolter arm with some mods making it look more flamer-like. I don't know about the cape either. I'm thinking if I incorporate a shield of some sort...that can proxy as the mantle. And the spear will definitely be a heavily modified lightning claw. He's Crimson Fist after-all...he should sportin' twin-fists of doom!